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I posted a similar statement in a thread under dealership prices but, wanted to get the word out to my fellow CT Forumers'.
I went to my dealer today to order my CT and I have to say I feel fortunate and lucky to have such an honest Salesman. I was privileged enough to be able to view some very confidential internal Lexus e-mails today regarding the situation with Lexus cars, suv's, and CT's.
The West Coast Regions initial order of CT's are drying up fast and in case of two local dealers where I live ALL are already sold out. The recent events in Japan have created a temporary void of CT's coming to the West Coast Region of the U.S. and likely Canada for the time being. The next round of CT's to hit the Long beach CA port of entry for the West Coast is only going o have 3 total CT's! When and how many the next shipment will contain is still unknown. Toyota and Lexus are currently evaluating the situation in Japan and will update the dealers and regional managers once word is sent out from the top brass exec's in Japan.
Dealers are being encouraged to still accept orders from customers. This is a somewhat smart idea so Lexus can get a gauge how much they are going to need to vamp up production to meet demand. The million dollar question is when?
A smart strategy may be to pre-order your new CT now before demand goes up even higher to lock in your price. The dealers might not budge at all off the MSRP. My salesman told me Lexus is hoping this would be the first car in 5 years that they can start getting at full sticker price 9/10 times. After the first shipment virtually evaporated in 4 weeks time beating the automakers sales projections this scenario could be a very likely outcome.
The other strategy is that other automakers may capitalize on Lexus's misfortune and capture more market share that Lexus was hoping to infiltrate. This could force Lexus and their dealers to keep pricing competitive against it's rivals until production can get up to speed and the market balances out.
Just wanted to pass this information on so you guys know the truth.
I went to my dealer today to order my CT and I have to say I feel fortunate and lucky to have such an honest Salesman. I was privileged enough to be able to view some very confidential internal Lexus e-mails today regarding the situation with Lexus cars, suv's, and CT's.
The West Coast Regions initial order of CT's are drying up fast and in case of two local dealers where I live ALL are already sold out. The recent events in Japan have created a temporary void of CT's coming to the West Coast Region of the U.S. and likely Canada for the time being. The next round of CT's to hit the Long beach CA port of entry for the West Coast is only going o have 3 total CT's! When and how many the next shipment will contain is still unknown. Toyota and Lexus are currently evaluating the situation in Japan and will update the dealers and regional managers once word is sent out from the top brass exec's in Japan.
Dealers are being encouraged to still accept orders from customers. This is a somewhat smart idea so Lexus can get a gauge how much they are going to need to vamp up production to meet demand. The million dollar question is when?
A smart strategy may be to pre-order your new CT now before demand goes up even higher to lock in your price. The dealers might not budge at all off the MSRP. My salesman told me Lexus is hoping this would be the first car in 5 years that they can start getting at full sticker price 9/10 times. After the first shipment virtually evaporated in 4 weeks time beating the automakers sales projections this scenario could be a very likely outcome.
The other strategy is that other automakers may capitalize on Lexus's misfortune and capture more market share that Lexus was hoping to infiltrate. This could force Lexus and their dealers to keep pricing competitive against it's rivals until production can get up to speed and the market balances out.
Just wanted to pass this information on so you guys know the truth.
